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So who took those $10,000 amounts from Blackrock? [ James O'Keefe's Latest Expose ]
American Thinker ^ | 06/22/2023 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 06/22/2023 7:22:00 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

When you pull the lid off an already stinking garbage pail, it shouldn't be a surprise that it stinks even more.

That's what seems to be the case with James O'Keefe's latest undercover video targeting Blackrock, the financial services giant which is famed for its investments in big corporations that have suddenly been forced to embrace DEI and ESG wokester policies.

BREAKING: @BlackRock Recruiter Who “Decides People’s Fate” Spills Info on Company’s World Impact

“It’s not who the president is- it’s who’s controlling the wallet of the president”

“You got $10K? You can buy a senator"

“War is real f***ing good for business” #BlackRockExposed pic.twitter.com/DZIy1DuZKF — James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) June 20, 2023

 

It turns out that a corporate recruiter for the company, named Serge Varnay, is bragging about buying politicians, with senators going for a cheapie $10,000 a pop.

Is it time to look at those senators who've taken the Blackrock dime?

According to OpenSecrets.org, citing the 2022 cycle, 20 Democrat senators and senate candidates got a grand total of $303,837, and 18 Republican senators and senate candidates got $168,250 from Blackrock, both the company itself, and its individual employees. 

Here are the big fish:

Chuck Schumer, who pocketed $113,950 from the financial giant, including the nice neat $10,000 from Blackrock itself.

Lisa Murkowski, who took $46,400, again including that nice neat $10,000 from Blackrock itself, and the rest from employees of Blackrock.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blackrock; influencepeddling; jamesokeefe
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1 posted on 06/22/2023 7:22:00 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Well I “SAF” didn’t get any of it.


2 posted on 06/22/2023 7:25:58 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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"Plenty of prominent names from the House came up as prodigious takers of the Blackrock campaign cash, too -- Paul Ryan, Maxine Waters, Rob Portman, Ruben Gallego, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Gregory Meeks, Nancy Pelosi, Brad Sherman..."

No surprises to me.

3 posted on 06/22/2023 7:26:12 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: SeekAndFind

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4 posted on 06/22/2023 7:26:53 AM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ask the FBI. They already know who took what and when and have been using the information.


5 posted on 06/22/2023 7:29:37 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: SeekAndFind

I find myself pondering whether Tim Scott was aware of receiving a sum of $5650 from Blackrock.

What percentage does this amount represent when taking into account all the money given to Tim Scott?

Additionally, what is the average amount received and what are the regulations concerning this matter?

Is $10,000 donation to Senator a red flag?


6 posted on 06/22/2023 7:35:32 AM PDT by DEPcom (DC is not my Capitol after Jan 6th lock downs.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Citizens United is killing us.
7 posted on 06/22/2023 7:36:13 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Black Rock donates to campaigns. It doesn’t mean they bought the congressmen. I am unimpressed.


8 posted on 06/22/2023 7:41:50 AM PDT by MMusson
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To: SeekAndFind

Our politicians take money from anyone that wants to donate. Period!


9 posted on 06/22/2023 7:41:53 AM PDT by JoJo354 (We need to get to work, Conservatives!)
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To: SeekAndFind

The list of totally worthless POS political Whooores.

They don’t care who knows.

To paraphrase GC, They are in The Club, and you ain’t.


10 posted on 06/22/2023 7:45:34 AM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: Chewbarkah

“Ask the FBI.”

Wrong 3-letter agency. It’s the CIA that learned by the 70s that it could set up private companies which could make a profit and then those companies’ profits could fund the CIA’s black budget so that its illegal operations would never have to be submitted to Congressional oversight.

Blackrock looks exactly like you would expect the evolution of those CIA proprietary companies to look like, 50 years later.


11 posted on 06/22/2023 8:05:19 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: SeekAndFind

Tagline.


12 posted on 06/22/2023 8:06:44 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (The President has been bribed for 30 uears. WHO ELSE in government has been bribed?!?)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is no surprise to anyone who read Peter Schweizer’s book, Red Handed.

Biden is a fake President. He is just an empty suit, a Chauncey Gardner character like that old movie, except this is real life and not a comedy. No one is laughing. Our government is being run by big money people, who are making fools of the voters. …and I am disgusted with the Republicans who pretend it is not happening.


13 posted on 06/22/2023 8:10:19 AM PDT by Eva
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To: Basket_of_Deplorables

check your spelling in your tagline ... LOL ...


14 posted on 06/22/2023 8:10:55 AM PDT by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Blackrock practices classic Fascism. Teams up with fedgov to force social change in us plebes, while making giant piles of cash via their monoploies.

Mussolini would be proud.


15 posted on 06/22/2023 8:11:03 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (The President has been bribed for 30 uears. WHO ELSE in government has been bribed?!?)
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To: liberalh8ter

McCain-Finegold is killing us.


16 posted on 06/22/2023 8:13:18 AM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s sad when real investigative reporting becomes branded as conspiratorial, mean spirited, dis-information and gets censored and those reporters fired.

O’Keefe is one of the few folks who is actually playing the “watchdog” role, while the rest of the MSM is merely in the advertising/sales business. What they call news is mostly advertising, corporate and political, wrapped up as news.


17 posted on 06/22/2023 8:16:06 AM PDT by Red6
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To: SeekAndFind

“When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not Guilty’.” – Theodore Roosevelt


18 posted on 06/22/2023 8:18:04 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: JoJo354

I’ve worked for companies that donate just to get a 15-minute slice of the politico’s time. Just to spew out their bullet points and then walk away.

This is not pay for play. Quid pro Quo (whatever).

$10K is chicken feed and no senator is that cheap.


19 posted on 06/22/2023 8:18:41 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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To: SeekAndFind

The big money does not show up on any books. Why would anyone think it would.


20 posted on 06/22/2023 8:31:02 AM PDT by Revel
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